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E. P. HEHPIN.

CAHBURING BURNER.

APPLECA'HUN man MAY m20.

Patented Jun. 17, w22.

W1 MESSES W Cri UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD PETER HERIPIN, 0F DE QUINCY, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HLF TO APOLENAIRE OZIAS BORDECDON, 0F BAY 'SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI.

CABBURETING BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed May 8,' 1920. Serial No. 379,826.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD PETER HER- iiN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of De Quincy, in the parish -of (lille-.leien and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jarbureting Burners, of which the following` is a specification. l

My present invention relates generally to l'iydroearbon burners and more particularly to u carbureting burner, my object being the provision of a burner including as a part thereol'l a combustion chamberand means for thoroughly carbureting the fuel and especially one in which provision is made for the primary combustion of the fuel, secondary combustion off which takes place'in the space to be heated, with which the burner is connected.

ln the accompanying drawings which illustrate. my present invention and form a pix-I1 et this specification,

l\`igure 1 is a sectional side view illustruting the practical application of my inreution,

Figure 2 is an enlarged side View, partly hroifcn away and in section, and

[figures :j and l are detail transverse sections taken respectively onf lines 3-3 Iand "l--et o l* ll`igure 2.

lli-towing now to these figures and particuh'irly to .Figures 1 and 2 my invention proposes a burner including a c lindrical cfnhhustion tube 10, one end of wiich may be extended into communicating relation with the interior of a furnace or other space as indicated vat 11 in Ficrure 1 where the heat oli' combustion is utilized andrwherein the secondary combustion takes place.

The opposite end ofthe combustion tube 1() is ilared as indicated at 12 and Within this tiered end 12 an annular series of su porting brackets 13 support one end of tie outer cylindrical shell 14 of the body of the burner. Whose inner shell 15 forms a mixing chamber therein and is spaced from the outer shell to Jform an annular chamber 16 therebetween with which one end of a pipe 1T communicates. This space-16 is in cornvmunicution at one end with a tapering channel 13 opening;v into the flared end 12 of the combustion tube around the outlet end of the inner shell 15.

At the opposite end of the body or". the burner includingT the inner and outer shells j ust above described, is al threaded supporting cap 19 holding a short tube 2O having a Hared free end 21 within which4 brackets 22 supporton'eend of an atomizing tube 23 having a tapering nozzle 24: secured to its said-end within the flared extension 21 of the body. The atomizing tube 23 is threaded at its opposite end into a T-coupling 25 within the angular leg oi' which one end of an oil pi e 26 is connected, and into which, opposlt-e the tube 23, is a plug 27 through which the nozzle` 28V extends into the atomizing tube in spaced coaxial relation.

-An air or steam pipe 29 is connected to the nozzle 28 andalso communicates with the pipe 17, and this pipe 29 leads from a coil 30 surrounding the combustion tube 10 and leading from a suitable supply, with a controlling valve 31 arranged therein. Adjacent to the coil 30, pipe 29 has a T-eoupllng 32 from which a nipple 33 extends atei-ally and enters the angular channel of a T-coupling 34 of an oil supply pipe 35, leading' from any suitable source and provided with a controlling valve 36.

The nipple 33 is turned at its -free end in the pipe 35 in ai direction away from the source of oil and toward a coil 37 around the combustion tube 10 from which a section Bfwot'4 the cil ,pipe extends to the T-connection 25 of the atomizing tube previously described.

It is thus evident that whenjthe steam or air under pressure is turned on by opening the valve 31, it passesthrough the coil 30 and through the nipple 33, as well as through the pipe 29, part of the steam or air finding its way through the pipe 17 to the chamber 16 between the inner and outer shells of the burner body, and part thereof passing to the atomizing tube 23. When the oil is turned on by iopening the `valve 36, the steam or air passing through the nipple 33 strikes the oil and thus the latter will be blown or atom'ized through the coil 3T and through the section 35a of the oil pipe into the T-coupling 25. Thus the oil finds its Way into the atomizing tube 23 clongwith the air or steam .through the nozzle 2S, and is again atomized in its pussage through the reduced discharge nozzle 2% of the atomizing tube int-o the burner body Where it combines with air drawn through the flared end 21 of the body around the nozzle 24 by suction from the nozzle 18 of the air or steam space 16. When the mixture is thus carbureted .and reaches the nozzle 18 it is driven into the combustion tube 10 along with more air drawn into the combustion tube through its flared end around the adjacent end of the burner body, and in the combustion'tube it is ignited for passage therefrom to the furnace, fire box or other space where the products of combustion are utilized.

This combustion heats the tube 10 which in turn imparts some of its heat to the coils 30 and 37 so that the oil will be blown through the pipe section 35u in a heated state and the air passing throuvh the coil 30 win be heated or the steam, n511011 is umized, superheated in order to take out all moisture. Thus in the event the oil has some moisture in it, the moisture will be converted and the eiliciency of the apparatus as a whole materially increased in this way..

As distinguished from the usual atomizer for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber for primary combustion in the latter, it is thus to be seen my invention proposes a car buretine burner having a combustion space in whici primary combustion takes place, the heat of which is utilized in very thorough Carburation Vas previously described, leaving the seconda-ry combustion to take place in the furnace, fire box or other space to be heated.

I claim:

1. A carbure-:ting burner including a combustion tube having a flared receiving end, a body consisting of inner and outer shells and openino4 into the flared end of the combustion tu e in spaced relation, said space between the inner and outer shells terminatin in a nozzle at the discharge end of the body, a flared extension carried by the opposite end of the body, an atomizing tube havin a nozzle opening at one end into the flare end of' the body in spaced relation thereto, and having its opposite end closed, a nozzle extending into the last mentioned end of the atomizing tube, and opening into Said tube, a fluid pipe communicating with the last mentioned nozzle, a second fluid pipe communicating with the atomizinnr tube around the last mentioned nozzle, and a pipe leading from the iirst mentioned fluid pipe and communicating with the space between the shells of the body.

2. A cnrbureting burner including a combustion tube having a flared receiving end, a. body consisting of inner and outerV shells and opening into the flared end of the combustion tube in spaced relation, said space between the inner and outer shells terminating in a nozzle at the dischar e end of the body, a flared extension carried y the opposite end of the body, an atomizing tube having a nozzle opening at one end into the A end of the atomizlng tube, a-ndfopening into said tube, a fluid supply pipe communicating with the last mentioned nozzle, a second fluid supply pipe communicating with the atomizing tube around the last mentioned nozzle, and a branch supply pipe leading from the first mentioned Huid pipe into the sauce between the shells of the body, said uid pipes having coils around the combustion tube as described.

3. A carbureting burner including a coinbustion tube having a flared receiving end, a body consisting of inner and outer shells and openin into the flared end of the combustion tu e in spaced relation, said space between the inner and outer shells terminating in a nozzle at the discharge end of the body, a flared extension carried by the opposite end of the body, an atomizing tube having a nozzle opening into the flared end of the bod inspaced relation thereto, anozzle exten in into the opposite end of the atomizing tu e, a fluid supply pipe having a coil around the combustion tube and having branches beyond the coil leading to the last mentioned nozzle and to the space between Y the shells of the body, a second fluid supply pipe having a coil around the combustion tube and leadingto the atomizing tube adjacent to the last mentioned nozzle, and a nipple extending from the first fluid pipe and opening into the last mentioned fluid pipe in the direction of flow ofi-luid in the latter. Y

4. A carbureting burner including a conibustion tube having a flared receiving end, a body consisting of inner and outer shells and opening into the flared end of the combustion tube in spaced relation, said space between the inner and outer shells terminating in a nozzle at the discharge end of the body, a flared extension carried by the op` posite end of the body, an atomizing tube ravine a nozzle opening into the flared end of tliecbody in spaced relation thereto, a nozzle extending into the opposite end of the atomizing tube `a fluid supply pipe having a coil around the combustion tube and having branches beyond the coil leading to the last mentioned Vnozzle and to the space between the Shells ofthe body, a second fluid supply pipe having a coil around the combustion tube and leading to the atomizing tube adjacent to the last mentioned nozzle. and a nipple extending from the first fluid pipe between its coil and its said branches and leading to the last mentioned fluid pipe at the intake side of the coil of the latter and opening therein in the direction of flow of fluid thereof.

EDWARD PETER HERPIN. 

